Wolves attack
1030 Words
Chapter 17
Soon, wolves grunts fill the entire woods, and turning around, she realizes that she has been surrounded by huge wolves. Counting them all, she sums them up to be almost thirty.
She gulps down the sudden lump that forms in her throat as she stares at them, throwing menacing glares at her. Beads of sweat form on her forehead, and her heart thumps heavily against her chest.
She dives in the air and stands on the horseback, while it neighs loudly. She suddenly lifts her dress and removes two small knives from it, holding them out in warning. She jumps down from the horse and the wolves shifts back, still having dangerous looks on their faces.
One of the wolves howls loudly and charges at her, but she charges at it with full force and plunges the knife deep into its throat, letting out a roar that scares the wolves away, causing them to shift back.
"Hrrrrrrr! Hrrrrrr!" Her breath comes out in grunts, her eyes change into golden color as she slowly turns around having a dangerous look on her face. Her mouth is slightly open, revealing her long fangs which stand dangerously like they'll tear its prey into pieces. Her fingers slowly grow into claws and as she clenches her fists, her long fingers pierce into her palms, as blood oozes from her hand, her hair slowly grows and her body slowly adds rough weight. It only takes her a roar to turn into a huge white wolf. Its furs are as beautiful and white as snow, it's the same wolf at Roan's birthday party weeks ago.
The wolves charges at her and in a few minutes, she takes them all down. The last one charges at her and before she can defend herself, it tears her back with its fangs, forcing a loud wail off her throat. The wolf wanted to attack her again, but an arrow flips in the air and pierce through its eyes, sending it lifeless to the floor.
The white wolf falls to the ground and slowly closes its eyes...
Ariana POV
My eyes spin as I try opening them, so I close them back again and touch my forehead slowly. Gosh! My body feels so tired, what the heck happened?
"She's awake," I quickly recognize the voice to be Chloe and I snap my eyes open. The room I find myself in is strange and doesn't look like I've been here before. Alex is sitting beside me on the bed, looking so worried as if he has been threatened with death.
"Where am I?" I ask, trying to sit up but a sharp pain shot through my back and I wince, lying back on the bed. Even if I haven't seen it yet, I know that I must've sustained an injury in my back.
"You're safe, Ari. How're you feeling now?" Alex asks worriedly and I nod my head in confusion. I still don't know where I am and how I got here.
"I want to sit down," I manage to say and they help me to sit up on the soft bed. I look around the place and the first thing that catches my attention is Damon's cloth. Damon is one of Jeremy's friends. And don't ask me how I recognize his shirt. I have seen the cloth on him before.
My head suddenly hurts and like a movie, everything starts playing freshly in my head. God! I'm so dead. Father is going to kill me when he finds out about this and there's nothing we can ever do that'll make him ever let us leave the wall of the castle.
"How're you feeling now?" Chloe asks.
"I'm having severe pain down here," I touch my back and wince. I wonder how I sustained that injury.
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. Father is going to kill me," Alex look as though he should take his own life before he sees father. I can relate to that feeling.
"Don't worry, I got this. Come on, lay on the bed," Chloe suddenly says, and I pull a puzzled look, wondering what she's talking about.
"What are you trying to do?" I ask confusingly.
"I need to heal your wound. His Highness will be angry if he finds out about this, so I should do something about it," She insists and I stare at her blankly before I lay on my belly. I know she's doing this because of Alex, she doesn't want him to get scolded by father later. If only my perverted brother cares about her like this, I'm sure they'll make perfect couples. But for someone who has vowed to never get committed to one woman for the rest of his life, I wonder how possible that'll be.
The sudden pain that shot through my whole body makes me grab the duvet for support as I gasp sharply and deeply. It feels as though my body is set on fire. I think it must be from the healing, I just pray she succeeds, if not, I and Alex will both be done for.
Seconds ticks into minutes and the pain only increase, when I can't take it anymore, I cry out in pain. I try to stand up, but my whole body feels heavy and I can't move it. I hold on to the duvet tightly, tears flowing down my cheeks.
After what seemed like forever, the pain finally disappears and I sigh briefly. My forehead is all sweaty and my eyes are so heavy.
"Chloe! Chloe!" I suddenly hear Alex's worried voice and I jerk up. The sight I behold make me freeze on the spot. Chloe has her eyes closed, blood oozing from her mouth. She must've been hurt from the healing. Gosh! What was I even thinking? I shouldn't have allowed her to heal me.
"Chloe! Chloe!" I shake her worriedly, but I stop abruptly as my head suddenly spins and my vision become blurred. I try to keep my eyes open, but they feel so heavy.
"Ari! Ari! Are you OK?" Alex's faint voice echoes in my ears, but I have already passed out...
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